"Jalapeño" Je Donahue is a competitive eater from Huntington Beach, CA and a top-ranked member of International Federation of Competitive Eating (home page). Donahue is a grizzled veteran who has maintained a boyish, optimistic attitude to eating. He secured his title as the jalapeño pepper eating champion of the world by consuming 152 jalapeños in 15 minutes at the George Washington's Birthday Celebration in Laredo, Texas.